{"id":91001,"date":"2025-10-31T00:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infokuryr.cz\/n\/?p=91001"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:24:08","slug":"james-bovard-ukonci-trump-falesnou-demokracii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infokuryr.cz\/n\/2025\/10\/31\/james-bovard-ukonci-trump-falesnou-demokracii\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bovard: Ukon\u010d\u00ed Trump fale\u0161nou demokracii?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trumpova administrativa sn\u00ed\u017eila feder\u00e1ln\u00ed v\u00fddaje na podporu demokracie po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b. Toto omezen\u00ed intervenc\u00ed USA je pravd\u011bpodobn\u011b nejpozitivn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed reformou zahrani\u010dn\u00ed politiky Trumpova prezidentstv\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Od roku 1946 americk\u00e1 vl\u00e1da zas\u00e1hla do v\u00edce ne\u017e 100 zahrani\u010dn\u00edch voleb, aby podpo\u0159ila sv\u00e9ho preferovan\u00e9ho kandid\u00e1ta nebo stranu. Demokracie je pro USA tak d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e1, \u017ee odm\u00edtaj\u00ed ne\u010dinn\u011b p\u0159ihl\u00ed\u017eet, jak zahrani\u010dn\u00ed voli\u010di bloud\u00ed. M\u00edsto politick\u00e9 sp\u00e1sy v\u0161ak americk\u00e9 intervence v zahrani\u010d\u00ed obvykle vedou k \u201enezaslou\u017een\u00e9mu krveprolit\u00ed\u201c \u2013 nikdo ve Washingtonu nen\u00ed nikdy vol\u00e1n k odpov\u011bdnosti.<\/span><\/p>\n

V roce 1983 Kongres zalo\u017eil\u00a0<\/span>N\u00e1rodn\u00ed nadaci pro demokracii (NED)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0. V roce 1984 prohl\u00e1sil poslanec\u00a0<\/span>Hank Brown (republik\u00e1n za Colorado)<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0v\u011btou, kter\u00e1 m\u011bla ukon\u010dit legitimitu NED:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eJe rozporn\u00e9 cht\u00edt prosazovat svobodn\u00e9 volby t\u00edm, \u017ee se do nich zasahuje.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

V \u010dl\u00e1nku pro\u00a0<\/span>Oakland Tribune<\/span><\/em>\u00a0z roku 1985 jsem NED chv\u00e1lil jako \u201ejeden z nejnov\u011bj\u0161\u00edch a nejpresti\u017en\u011bj\u0161\u00edch podvod\u016f na Potomacu\u201c. Zpo\u010d\u00e1tku se objevilo mnoho skeptik\u016f: \u201eNED byl naz\u00fdv\u00e1n mnoha r\u016fzn\u00fdmi zp\u016fsoby \u2013 mezin\u00e1rodn\u00edm politick\u00fdm ak\u010dn\u00edm v\u00fdborem, vl\u00e1dou financovan\u00fdm fondem pro zahrani\u010dn\u00ed kampan\u011b a fondem \u00faplatk\u016f pro politick\u00e9 \u0161mejdy, kte\u0159\u00ed r\u00e1di ut\u00edkaj\u00ed do teplej\u0161\u00edch zem\u00ed, kdy\u017e je chladno. Za necel\u00e9 dva roky NED pln\u011b naplnil v\u0161echna tato ozna\u010den\u00ed.\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

M\u016fj \u010dl\u00e1nek skon\u010dil takto:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201e\u010c\u00edm d\u0159\u00edve bude NED zru\u0161en, t\u00edm \u010dist\u0161\u00ed bude na\u0161e zahrani\u010dn\u00ed politika.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ale to je slab\u00fd argument ve srovn\u00e1n\u00ed s \u201epracovn\u00edmi m\u00edsty pro mlad\u00e9\u201c \u2013 tj. neust\u00e1l\u00fdmi vl\u00e1dn\u00edmi dotacemi pro washingtonsk\u00e9 podvodn\u00edky.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guatemala<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00dasil\u00ed USA o prosazov\u00e1n\u00ed demokracie v Latinsk\u00e9 Americe p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1 poh\u00e1dku \u2013 nebo \u0161patn\u00fd trip po LSD.<\/span>
\nV 80. letech 20. stolet\u00ed financovala\u00a0<\/span>Agentura pro mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed rozvoj<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0program, kter\u00fd \u201emotivoval lidi v Guatemale k \u00fa\u010dasti ve volb\u00e1ch\u201c. Doprovodn\u00e9 materi\u00e1ly slibovaly:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eV\u0161ichni Guatemalci jsou si rovni a svobodn\u00ed.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Byla distribuov\u00e1na\u00a0bro\u017eura s n\u00e1zvem \u201e\u00a0<\/span>Jak jsou st\u00e1t a vl\u00e1da organizov\u00e1ny, aby chr\u00e1nily na\u0161e \u017eivoty a pr\u00e1ci pro rozvoj a blaho v\u0161ech\u201c .<\/span><\/em>
\nThomas Carothers<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0z Carnegieho institutu poznamenal, \u017ee n\u00e1zvy program\u016f vypadaj\u00ed, \u201ejako by byly p\u0159evzaty z \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 p\u0159ev\u00fdchovn\u00e9 kampan\u011b ze 60. let\u201c.<\/span>
\nDemokratick\u00fd marketing se t\u011b\u017eko prod\u00e1val \u2013 guatemalsk\u00e1 vl\u00e1da toti\u017e pr\u00e1v\u011b sp\u00e1chala\u00a0<\/span>genocidu<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0, p\u0159i n\u00ed\u017e byly zabity statis\u00edce maysk\u00fdch indi\u00e1n\u016f a podez\u0159el\u00fdch levi\u010d\u00e1k\u016f.<\/span><\/p>\n

Haiti<\/span><\/h3>\n

V \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 jin\u00e9 zemi se americk\u00e1 vl\u00e1da v minul\u00e9m stolet\u00ed neanga\u017eovala v \u201eprosazov\u00e1n\u00ed demokracie\u201c v\u00edce ne\u017e na Haiti.<\/span>
\nNa za\u010d\u00e1tku 90. let se zvolen\u00fd vl\u00e1dce\u00a0<\/span>Jean-Bertrand Aristide<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0st\u00e1val st\u00e1le despoti\u010dt\u011bj\u0161\u00edm a povzbuzoval sv\u00e9 stoupence k zab\u00edjen\u00ed odp\u016frc\u016f t\u00edm, \u017ee jim v\u011b\u0161eli ho\u0159\u00edc\u00ed pneumatiky na krk.<\/span>
\nCIA\u00a0<\/span>podporovala<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0kliku haitsk\u00fdch gener\u00e1l\u016f, kte\u0159\u00ed v srpnu 1991 svrhli Aristida.<\/span><\/p>\n

USA a OSN reagovaly embargem\u00a0<\/span>,<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0kter\u00e9 zhor\u0161ilo chudobu a donutilo tis\u00edce Hai\u0165an\u016f uprchnout na lod\u00edch na Floridu.<\/span>
\nV roce 1994 prezident\u00a0<\/span>Bill Clinton v r\u00e1mci\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>operace Uphold Democracy<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0napadl Haiti\u00a0a nasadil 20 000 voj\u00e1k\u016f, aby znovu nastolil Aristidovu vl\u00e1du.<\/span>
\nClinton chv\u00e1lil:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201ePom\u00e1haj\u00ed haitsk\u00e9mu lidu vyhr\u00e1t boj za svobodu a demokracii.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Aristide v\u0161ak z\u016fstal brut\u00e1ln\u00ed a znovu vyhr\u00e1l volby \u2013 a\u017e do roku 2004, kdy organizace financovan\u00e9 USA podpo\u0159ily dal\u0161\u00ed p\u0159evrat, p\u0159i kter\u00e9m zem\u0159elo 100 lid\u00ed.<\/span>
\nAmerick\u00fd velvyslanec\u00a0<\/span>Brian Dean Curran<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0tehdy varoval, \u017ee\u00a0<\/span>Mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed republik\u00e1nsk\u00fd institut<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0riskuje \u201eobvin\u011bn\u00ed z destabilizace\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ukrajina<\/span><\/h3>\n

V roce 2004 USA ud\u011blaly v\u0161e, co bylo v jejich sil\u00e1ch, aby na Ukrajin\u011b dosadily sv\u00e9ho obl\u00edben\u00e9ho kandid\u00e1ta.<\/span>
\nB\u011bhem dvou let p\u0159ed volbami USA utratily\u00a0<\/span>p\u0159es 65 milion\u016f dolar\u016f<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0na podporu politick\u00fdch organizac\u00ed \u2013 zejm\u00e9na\u00a0<\/span>Viktora Ju\u0161\u010denka<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0, kter\u00e9ho pozvaly na setk\u00e1n\u00ed s americk\u00fdmi v\u016fdci a jeho\u017e popularita se d\u00edky pr\u016fzkum\u016fm ve\u0159ejn\u00e9ho m\u00edn\u011bn\u00ed zv\u00fd\u0161ila.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kongresman\u00a0<\/span>Ron Paul<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0si st\u011b\u017eoval, \u017ee velk\u00e1 \u010d\u00e1st t\u011bchto prost\u0159edk\u016f \u0161la ve prosp\u011bch Ju\u0161\u010denka.<\/span>
\nNavzdory tomu prezident\u00a0<\/span>George W. Bush<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0pokrytecky prohl\u00e1sil:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eKa\u017ed\u00e9 [ukrajinsk\u00e9] volby by m\u011bly b\u00fdt prost\u00e9 jak\u00e9hokoli zahrani\u010dn\u00edho vlivu.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

V roce 2014 USA znovu zas\u00e1hly, aby manipulovaly s ukrajinskou politikou \u2013 a t\u00edm polo\u017eily z\u00e1klady pro\u00a0<\/span>rusko-ukrajinskou v\u00e1lku<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0, kter\u00e1 za\u010dala v roce 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Afgh\u00e1nist\u00e1n<\/span><\/h3>\n

Ve sv\u00e9m inaugura\u010dn\u00edm projevu v roce 2005 Bush sl\u00edbil, \u017ee USA<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201ePodporovat r\u016fst demokratick\u00fdch hnut\u00ed a instituc\u00ed v ka\u017ed\u00e9m n\u00e1rod\u011b a kultu\u0159e \u2013 s c\u00edlem ukon\u010dit tyranii.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bush sice podporoval tyrany, kte\u0159\u00ed se \u00fa\u010dastnili \u201ev\u00e1lky proti teroru\u201c, ale jeho slogany o demokracii z\u016fstaly pr\u00e1zdn\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

V roce 2009 prezident\u00a0<\/span>Barack Obama<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0na vojensk\u00e9 z\u00e1kladn\u011b West Point ozn\u00e1mil, \u017ee do Afgh\u00e1nist\u00e1nu bude vysl\u00e1no v\u00edce voj\u00e1k\u016f, aby \u201ezachr\u00e1nili demokracii\u201c.<\/span>
\nGener\u00e1l\u00a0<\/span>Stanley McChrystal<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0sl\u00edbil:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eM\u00e1me vl\u00e1du v pasti, p\u0159ipravenou k invazi.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Tato \u201evl\u00e1da\u201c se skl\u00e1dala z vracej\u00edc\u00edho se\u00a0<\/span>Abdula Z\u00e1hira<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0, kter\u00fd byl pozd\u011bji odhalen jako vrah sv\u00e9ho nevlastn\u00edho syna.<\/span>
\nNavzdory tomu ameri\u010dt\u00ed p\u0159edstavitel\u00e9 prohl\u00e1sili: \u201eToto nepodkop\u00e1v\u00e1 jeho moc.\u201c<\/span>
\nN\u00e1sleduj\u00edc\u00edho roku byl zavra\u017ed\u011bn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Libye<\/span><\/h3>\n

V roce 2011 Obama na\u0159\u00eddil bombardov\u00e1n\u00ed Libye \u2013 jako \u201etriumf demokratick\u00fdch hodnot\u201c.<\/span>
\nPo smrti\u00a0<\/span>Muammara Kadd\u00e1f\u00edho<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Obama prohl\u00e1sil:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eLibyjci maj\u00ed nyn\u00ed mo\u017enost rozhodnout o sv\u00e9m vlastn\u00edm osudu v nov\u00e9 demokratick\u00e9 Libyi.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Zem\u011b se v\u0161ak propadla do chaosu \u2013 tis\u00edce lid\u00ed zem\u0159ely, v\u010detn\u011b \u010dty\u0159 Ameri\u010dan\u016f v\u00a0<\/span>Bengh\u00e1z\u00ed<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(2012).<\/span>
\nWashington podobn\u011b ospravedl\u0148oval svou podporu ozbrojen\u00fdm skupin\u00e1m v S\u00fdrii \u2013 s ni\u010div\u00fdmi n\u00e1sledky.<\/span><\/p>\n

Egypt<\/span><\/h3>\n

Pot\u00e9, co protesty svrhly\u00a0<\/span>Husn\u00edho Mubaraka<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0, Obama sl\u00edbil Egyptu pomoc s jeho \u201ep\u0159echodem k demokracii\u201c.<\/span>
\nUSA v\u0161ak zvolen\u00e9ho prezidenta\u00a0<\/span>Muhammada Murs\u00edho<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0odm\u00edtly .<\/span>
\nKdy\u017e ho arm\u00e1da v roce 2013 sesadila,\u00a0<\/span>ministr zahrani\u010d\u00ed John Kerry<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0tento krok ozna\u010dil za \u201eobnoven\u00ed demokracie\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

V roce 2015 Obama ozna\u010dil etiopsk\u00fd re\u017eim za \u201edemokraticky zvolen\u00fd\u201c \u2013 navzdory repres\u00edm, mu\u010den\u00ed a fingovan\u00fdm volb\u00e1m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Filip\u00edny<\/span><\/h3>\n

Na Filip\u00edn\u00e1ch volby legitimizovaly masov\u00e9 vra\u017edy:<\/span>
\nprezident Rodrigo Duterte<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0na\u0159\u00eddil zabit\u00ed v\u00edce ne\u017e 7 000 podez\u0159el\u00fdch obchodn\u00edk\u016f s drogami.<\/span>
\nV roce 2017 mu Trump telefonicky poblahop\u0159\u00e1l.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eJen jsem v\u00e1m cht\u011bl poblahop\u0159\u00e1t k neuv\u011b\u0159iteln\u00e9 pr\u00e1ci, kterou odv\u00e1d\u00edte v boji proti drogov\u00e9mu probl\u00e9mu.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Demokracie vs. svoboda<\/span><\/h3>\n

Volba v\u016fdc\u016f hlasov\u00e1n\u00edm nam\u00edsto kulek nezabr\u00e1n\u00ed \u00fatlaku.<\/span>
\nFriedrich Hayek<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0v roce 1960 napsal:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eMo\u017en\u00e1 si na\u0161e generace uv\u011bdomila, \u017ee volba vl\u00e1dy nemus\u00ed nutn\u011b zaru\u010dovat svobodu.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

James Madison<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0ve sv\u00fdch\u00a0<\/span>dokumentech Federalist Papers<\/span><\/em>\u00a0zd\u016fraznil , \u017ee vl\u00e1dy mus\u00ed kontrolovat nejen lidi, ale i samy sebe.<\/span>
\nDemokracie je v\u0161ak p\u0159ece\u0148ov\u00e1na: politiky je snaz\u0161\u00ed volit ne\u017e kontrolovat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jak varoval\u00a0<\/span>sen\u00e1tor John Taylor<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0v roce 1821:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201eSamospr\u00e1va je pochlebov\u00e1na, aby se zni\u010dila.\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Dnes je mnoho demokraci\u00ed\u00a0<\/span>bezpr\u00e1vn\u00edmi demokraciemi<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 despociemi s fas\u00e1dou lidu.<\/span>
\nZmanipulovan\u00e9 volby jsou hor\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 volby.<\/span><\/p>\n

Z\u00e1v\u011br<\/span><\/h3>\n

Dne\u0161n\u00ed volby sp\u00ed\u0161e svrhnou tyrany ne\u017e je\u00a0<\/span>pos\u00edl\u00ed<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0.<\/span>
\nLid\u00e9 v\u0161ude si uv\u011bdomuj\u00ed, \u017ee pouh\u00e1 rotace zkorumpovan\u00fdch politik\u016f nic nezm\u011bn\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ale ub\u00fdvaj\u00edc\u00ed d\u016fv\u011bra v demokracii neznamen\u00e1 v\u00edce politick\u00e9ho rozumu \u2013 pouze nov\u00e9 formy d\u016fv\u011b\u0159ivosti.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pokud budou USA i nad\u00e1le\u00a0<\/span>prosazovat fale\u0161n\u00e9 demokracie<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0, m\u011bli by se Ameri\u010dan\u00e9 zeptat, zda nejsou zmanipulovan\u00e9 i jejich vlastn\u00ed volby.<\/span><\/p>\n

Co kdy\u017e n\u00e1m na\u0161i politici tak\u00e9 daj\u00ed \u201evl\u00e1du v krabici\u201c \u2013 jako to ud\u011blali v Marji?<\/span><\/em>
\nNebo to u\u017e ud\u011blali?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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